Many will remember the joy that greeted the introduction of Common Worship in the year 2000. At last, Anglican worshippers were able fully to participate in worship using familiar, everyday language in prayers and responses whose meaning was clear.
'We can't sing up there' is a comment made after far too many church services. And it's true: research shows that for various reasons the human singing voice has dropped over the last century.
I work from home, so on a song writing day, I will settle down with my piano, keyboard and computer. The first I love, the second I tolerate and the third I loathe but couldn't work without!
We haven't been practising the limbo in the KM office this week!... but thinking generally about hymns in lower keys and a resource that we published back in 2011 for which we've always received postive feedback.